(bullies,bullying,bullied,bullied)to frighten or hurt a weaker person; to use your strength or power to make somebody do somethingbully somebodyMy son is being bullied at school.bully somebody into something/into doing somethingI won't be bullied into signing anything.See related entries:School lifeWord Originmid 16th cent.: probably from Middle Dutchboele

‘lover’

. Original use was as a term of endearment applied to either sex; it later became a familiar form of address to a male friend. The current sense dates from the late 17th cent.Extra examplesDon’t be bullied by people who shout at you.He was bullied rather than persuaded into going with them.I could hear the doctor bullying his patients in a good-natured way.I suppose I got bullied into it by my family.I won’t be bullied into signing anything.Sometimes the older girls bullied us and made us give them our sweets.